Need help to upgrade Emulex HBA Firmware on ESXi
Hi Everyone, I have to upgrade Emulex firmware from version 2.80a4 to 2.82a4 for a storage migration. I have downloaded the firmware from this link...
View ArticleHelp! Microsoft Mouse Not Detected in Windows 7 x64
Hii hope someone can help with this problem im having, my wireless microsft mouse is not detected in windows 7i have installed the intellipoint driver version 8, and this is where it tells me it is not...
View ArticleProblem maintain Win7 Resolution
I had scaled my MBP retina to 1920x1200 for more space, when I launching Win7PRO with VMware Fusion 4, the windows resolution start with 3840x2400 which is almost unreadable. I changed the resolution...
View ArticleGetShadowVmReferences() - Operation Not Supported.
I am getting an error trying to get details about shadow VM's on a template. com.vmware.vcloud.sdk.utility.VCloudException: Operation Not Supported. VappTemplate vappTemplate =...
View ArticleLost direct attached storage when I upgraded - I missed VMTools!
I upgraded to the preview last night and lost all of my direct attached storage (sata drives). I think it is a driver issue as I blew re-attached and then blew them out. The VM simply does not allow me...
View Articleenable Changed block tracking on my vcenter virtual machine
I saw in one of my schedule reports from my backup appliance I need to enable Changed block tracking on my virtual center virtual machine. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to make that change?...
View ArticleSNMP Host on vco Appliance using port 162
Hello, the documentation says: %<--------------------------------------------snipThe default port for SNMP traps is 162. However, on Linux systems, you can open ports bellow 1024 only withsuperuser...
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Making sure to meet a specific IOPS requirement
Hi everyone, i have this question for you i've always been curious about and now that i need to actually implement this it's time to get to an answer We have to run a pilot for 200 VDI users. We have...
View ArticleHardware refresh and slow snapshots
This past week we completed the migration of our vSphere 5 environment over to new hardware and while most things are quite a bit faster snapshots are horribly slow now. All nodes before and after the...
View ArticleInstalling Fusion, Then Using Disk Copy To Clone The Host
Okay.So, here's the scenario:My friend will be cloning disks on his company's Macs so they can refresh the software load and roll out the newest Mac OS X.He is wondering if he will have to install...
View ArticleMouse Integration?
I know VMs are most likely not for gaming but I use it for that on Linux(Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64).VMware Player is installed correctly, and works like a charm.I have Windows XP Pro SP3 installed, and...
View ArticleHow to improve Player graphics performance?
The graphics performance of the OpenGL application glxgears(1) by the guest is about one-fifth that of the host (800 fps vs. 4000 fps). How do I improve the performance? Here are the details: Host:...
View ArticleProvisioned space
Hey Guys, having a tough time here. I have a datastore configured with the following, capacity - 4TBprovisioned space - 40.57GBFree space - 4TB How can i provision all the space? When i create a...
View ArticleEmail Alerts
Hi, currently running on 5.0.2. vCOPS sends me alerts two at a time, one for the alert and one for the cancelled alert. Many times I get the cancelled alert BEFORE the actual alert. These mostly...
View ArticlevSphere 5 with HP C7000 internal switch and Nexus 5020
There is a vCenter 5, with vDS Nexus 1000v, ESXi5 servers on HP C7000 and the network configuration is made through a Nexus 5020 switch and the HP c7000 blade internal switch. I really want any best...
View ArticleIdentifying Licensed Machines in Database
We're trying to setup a SQL query that will identify machines that have VCM did not collect from in the past 3-4 days. We take the output of that and then give it to our incident manage system (VSM),...
View ArticleUSB redirection 32bit and 64bit
Hoi all, I have a view client 5.1 32bit installed on my windows 7 32bit physical desktop with USB redirection on. When I connect to my windows 7 64bit virtual desktop the USB devices are not visible...
View ArticleMultiple pools, multiple data stores, and linked clones
My predecessor setup 3 pools using the same settings and same host image at the same snapshot point, but I cannot for the life of me see any reason to break them up, being that they are small groups,...
View ArticleVM backups to external USB drive SLOW
Hi, I converted a physical machine to a vm a couple of weeks ago. I'm using ESXi 5.1. The conversion went very smooth and was completely successful. The physical machine had an external USB 2.0...
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